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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much weight are we talking?  20 lbs?

I lost 70 lbs in the last year.  I was VERY overweight obviously.  This is how:

1) I started small with exercise (i could only do 15 of walking on the treadmill but I increased it gradually)
2) Don't starve.  Eat a TON of veggies and fruits (but no dressings and dips)
3) eat carbs but good carbs
4) use my fitness pal to log everything you eat and stick to a deficit regime (meaning probably between 1200-1500 cal if you want to lose)
5) WATER, WATER, WATER....you honestly can't drink too much.
6) Don't do any fad diets.  Do something that is healthy and that you can sustain for the rest of your life.[/quote]

Agree with all of this, as someone who lost 60ish or so pounds, and kept it off. The key to losing "major weight" (and keeping it off) is sustainability. Move a bit more. Eat your fruits and vegetables (ie, good carbs, and plenty of them). No fads, no gimmicks. Do you know why diets have such a brand? It's because they're not trying to get you to keep weight off - they go out of business if people don't have any more weight to lose. Fads = yoyo = money in their pockets.

Eat your fruits and veggies. Have other things in moderation (not daily). Drink water. Move more. That diet has no name, because it's something that's doable for the long term. 
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This is exactly right.  People will come on here saying NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL OR EAT BREAD OR EAT A POTATO.  I'll tell you the secret - eat less.  Be mindful about what you're eating.  The old fill half your plate with veggies - do that.  Make fitness and eating well a part of your lifestyle.  [/quote]

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